Mine detail: Sun Valley Mine

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Location: Coconino County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.71639, -111.79436
dep_id: 10027290
mrds_id: M002734
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Molybdenum, Rhenium, Cadmium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Hematite, Jordisite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Zippeite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: U SHAPED BEND OF PALEOSTREAM CHANNEL
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: In Bottom 2.5 Ft Of Paleostream Channel, Some Carbonized Plant Remains.
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.
  • Deposit:: PETERSON, 1957, USGS TEI-690, BOOK 1, P. 158.
  • Deposit:: PETERSON, 1959, AN OCCURRENCE OF RHENIUM ASSOCIATED WITH URANINITE IN COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA: ECON. GEOL. V. 54, P. 254-257.
  • Deposit:: ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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